The 805
How to fill Santa Barbara’s emptying main street
A third of the storefronts along downtown State Street in Santa Barbara sit vacant, and the city is trying to change that. Park officials in the Santa Monica Mountains say four new mountain lion kittens are a product of inbreeding.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 29m ListenA vacant storefront on State Street in Santa Barbara. Photo credit: Joshua Molina/Noozhawk.
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4 storiesHow to revitalize State Street
Business owners, landlords and city officials came together earlier this week to discuss the future of Santa Barbara’s main shopping thoroughfare. About a third of the storefronts along downtown State Street are vacant.
Read the story7 minAdorable, likely inbred mountain lion kittens in the Santa Monica Mountains
The National Park Service says they recently found four Mountain Lion kittens in a remote stretch of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Read the story7 minWhat it’s like to be a low-income renter in Santa Barbara
This week at the Santa Barbara Public Library, about 90 people gathered to speak out about the struggles facing low-income renters in the city. Most of them were Latino.
Read the story7 min‘Cuentos del Pueblo’ at the Community Arts Workshop
The Community Arts Workshop is beginning to work on a new production. Cuentos del Pueblo, or Stories of the Town, will feature community members using art to tell their own stories about living in Santa Barbara.
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